logan stone

American  

[log-uhn] / ˈlɒg ən /

Or loggan stone

noun

1. rocking stone.

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Etymology

Origin of logan stone

First recorded in 1750–60; variant of logging stone

Example Sentences

And the boulder, which must have been balanced like a logan stone, went crashing over the side of the precipice the moment she had released her hold on it and recovered her equilibrium.

From Bandit Love by Savage, Juanita

There is a breezy common on the top of a high hill overlooking the town, where stand a logan stone and a circle of upright stones constituting the ‘temple of the Druids.’

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

When I lay in the bed, that duvet was balanced like a logan stone on the ridge of my body shivering under it, and it oscillated as I shivered.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)